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Group, non-executive chairman
of Edgo Merap. Non-executive
director of Aker Solutions and
Anglo American South Africa.
Non-executive senior adviser
of Boston Consulting Group.
Member of the Thabo Mbeki
Foundation Advisory Council
and Invest Africa Advisory
Board.
Skills, expertise and experience:
Economics, energy,
infrastructure and corporate
governance.
Shaygan Kheradpir
(56)
(American)
Independent non-executive
director
Doctorate in Electrical
Engineering
Appointed:
8 July 2015
Scheduled board attendance:
6/6
Board committee membership:
3/4
Other directorships:
Director
of various companies in MTN
Group. CEO and chairman of
Coriant International Group, a
global leader in packet-optical
networking.
Skills, expertise and experience:
Business leadership and
transformational change,
operations, technology
and engineering.
Peter Mageza
(63)
Independent non-executive
director
FCCA
Appointed:
1 January 2010
Scheduled board attendance:
4/6
Board committee membership:
4/4
4/4
4/4
Other directorships:
Director
of various companies in MTN
Group, Remgro Limited, Sappi
Limited, RCL Group and Anglo
American Platinum Limited.
Skills, expertise and experience:
Accounting, banking and
finance.
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8.
Phuthuma Nhleko
(56)
Chairman and non-executive
director
BSc (Civil Eng), MBA
Appointed:
28 May 2013
Scheduled board attendance:
6/6
Board committee membership:
4/4
1/1
Other directorships:
Chairman
of various companies in MTN
Group, chairman of Phembani
Group (Pty) Limited, Afrisam
(South Africa) (Pty) Limited, Blue
Falcon 179 Trading (Pty) Limited.
Skills, expertise and experience:
Strategic leadership and finance.
Rob Shuter
(50)
Executive director
Group president and CEO
BCom (Econ and Acc), PG Dip
Acc CA(SA)
Appointed:
13 March 2017
Scheduled board attendance:
5/6
Board committee membership:
3/4
3/4
3/4
3/4
Other directorships:
Director
of various companies in
MTN Group.
Skills, expertise and experience:
Telecommunications and banking.
Ralph Mupita
(45)
Executive director
Group chief financial officer
BScEng (Hons), MBA, GMP
Appointed:
3 April 2017
Scheduled board attendance:
5/6
Board committee membership:
3/4
3/4
3/4
Other directorships:
Director
of various companies in
MTN Group.
Skills, expertise and experience:
Financial services in emerging
markets.
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2.
3.
Paul Hanratty
(56) (Irish)
Independent non-executive
director
BBusSc (Hons), Fellow of
Institute of Actuaries, Advanced
Management Programme
(Harvard)
Appointed:
1 August 2016
Scheduled board attendance:
6/6
Board committee membership:
4/4
Other directorships:
Director
of various companies in MTN
Group.
Skills, expertise and experience:
Financial services.
Alan Harper
(61) (British)
Lead independent non-executive
director
BA (Hons)
Appointed:
1 January 2010
Scheduled board attendance:
6/6
Board committee membership:
1/1
4/4
Other directorships:
Director
of various companies in MTN
Group, Azuri Technologies
Limited, Avanti Communications
Group plc and
Gigabit Fibre Limited.
Skills, expertise and experience:
Telecommunications.
Koosum Kalyan
(62)
Independent non-executive
director
BCom (Law) (Hons) Economics,
Senior Executive Management
Programme (London Business
School)
Appointed:
13 June 2006
Scheduled board attendance:
6/6
Board committee membership:
4/4
4/4
Other directorships:
Director of
various companies in MTN
4.
5.
6.
KEY
Symbol for
“chairman of . . .”
Symbol for
“member of . . .”
Nominations committee
Nominations committee
Remuneration and human resources committee
Remuneration and human resources
committee
Social and ethics committee
Social and ethics committee
Risk management, compliance and corporate
governance committee
Risk management, compliance and corporate
governance committee
Audit committee
Audit committee
Our board of directors
continued
at 31 December 2017
Numbers refer to attendance at committee meetings.
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